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for flower lovers
FLORAL DESIGN PRINCIPLE
SCALE
Scale is about the
size of all the parts of an arrangement, including the
container, the flowers, the foliage and accessories, the base
the design is on and the area it takes up. Therefore a tiny
accessory would look odd beside a large leaf or flower, and a
huge vase with tiny flowers peeking out the top would
perhaps be the start of a new, never seen before,
trend!!
Why bother?
If you do not take account of scale your little design you prepared on your kitchen table will not even be noticed in a large hall and will be ignored. In reverse if you prepare a huge design for a large church and try to assemble it in a small dining room, it will just look ridiculous! The same problem will occur if the flowers and foliage or even the container are out of scale.
in a marquee
Staged in a huge marquee, the plant foliage
had to be big, as did the accessories, the Anthuriums and the
base. It had to be tall to be in scale with
the other parts of the design.
closer
A closer look shows it was a full size deck chair and beach
towel, so the size of that base and those
Anthuriums were huge!
a street front
The Rue du
Royale in Paris had Christmas trees in boxes, with fairy lights and a big strip of gold fabric. Masses of fairy lights were grouped to look bigger to be in scale.
scale in mechanics
Containers are PVC
pipes in this table design adjusted to the scale. Thicker "windows" are
in scale with the flowers and the PVC pipe, and all is in
scale with the available space.
scale in body flowers
A wedding
buttonhole has to be small in scale.
Use the tiniest
pieces of plant material all
perfectly in scale with each other and the coat lapel.
on a coffee table
Select the twigs and flowers so they are in scale with the place they are going to eventually sit.
floral handbags
Currently gaining in popularity, fashion your netting mechanics so the handbag is in scale to the human body and the person who carries it. This is equally true for wedding bouquets.
wreaths in scale
If a wreath is destined to be hung on a door, check the size of the door and select the size of your circle accordingly.
floral headgear
Although this design is for a hairdressing salon, the appropriate scale for the human head has to be taken into consideration when selecting the width of the Astelia blades.
Scale outside
Determining scale outside calls for much bigger designs as with this floral clock. Use potted plants for long lasting public displays.
Work through 6 lessons to discover 6 design principles and you will be at the top of your game.
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